I have made a study of Leadership at the Commercial level for the last two years, among friends and colleagues.
I prefer to start with the straightforward and simple view. If it is correct, no time is lost making things complex or difficult to explain.
The Leader: Tell your People what you want, and how long they have to produce.
The Manager: Tell your people what the Leader said, and explain to your people how to do it.
It is not more complicated than that.
The Man responsible for such a "Naive" view?? Patton.
The civilized world has begun (?) to believe its own nonsense, that work can be done simply by "Asking" and believing the result will be stellar.
The Drift away from Individual excellence into murky collective "Consensus" started with Marx. It has travelled unabated since the mid 1850's, with few sparks of brilliance to thwart its lurch back into the Stone Age.
"One CANNOT strengthen the Weak by Weakening the Strong..." (Lincoln).
The Barometer of Failure is an excess of money.